Press Releases

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Published

21 Nov 2024

Chemical recycling

Still fifty years to commercially scale pyrolysis technologies, new paper finds

Published

14 Nov 2024

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Cities & Communities

Cities cannot afford to wait for governments to tackle fast fashion

Published

07 Nov 2024

Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

Civil society calls COP29 to deliver climate finance for waste methane leaving no one behind

Published

05 Nov 2024

Europe missing out on the potential of food waste, with almost 75% ending up in landfills or incinerated

Published

30 Oct 2024

Cities & Communities

Krk becomes first island in Croatia and second worldwide to become Zero Waste island

Published

03 Oct 2024

Cities & Communities

Plastic Change joins the ReuSe Vanguard Project in effort to cut packaging waste in cities

Published

24 Sep 2024

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Fair Resource Foundation

“Stop big polluters and member states from reporting false data”: EU Civil society demands the European Commission to stop 30 years of false reporting of collection, reuse and recycling results

Published

23 Sep 2024

Packaging Reuse

The inaugural Reuse Barometer reveals a growing reuse industry driven by strongly engaged consumers

Published

18 Sep 2024

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Consumption & Production

42 civil society organisations call on EU leaders to secure funding for the just transition in the next EU budget

Published

17 Sep 2024

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Cities & Communities

Public authorities must take bold action to curb single-use to maximise the benefits of reuse systems, says Zero Waste Europe

Published

27 Jun 2024

LIFE BIOBEST press release New bio-waste guidelines set to boost recycling in Europe

New bio-waste guidelines set to boost recycling in Europe

Published

24 Jun 2024

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Climate, Energy & Air Pollution

Zero Waste Europe urges comprehensive inclusion of waste incineration in EU Emissions Trading System

Published

21 Jun 2024

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resource use reduction

Researchers and environmental NGOs call for ‘Materials Framework Directive’ to limit temperatures to 1.5°C

Published

19 Jun 2024

Methane report PR

Biological treatment to ‘enormously’ reduce landfill methane, Zero Waste Europe report shows

Published

17 Jun 2024

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Consumption & Production

Waste Framework Directive: food waste reduction sidelined while Council agrees to textile reforms, says Zero Waste Europe

Published

13 Jun 2024

PVC PR

Consumption & Production

EU has “legal duty” to ban PVC, NGOs tell European Commission

Published

29 May 2024

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Alianza Residuo Cero

‘Wake-up call for the Spanish Government’: fake results on plastic recycling prompts demands for deposit return system in Spain

Published

21 May 2024

Zero Waste Cities in Ukraine Project Launch with the LIFE programme support.

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine

Zero Waste Europe participates in the Zero Waste Cities in Ukraine project with the support of the LIFE programme